Well actually that wasn't it but it was one of the games I was looking for, so I decided to call it quits on hunting around yesterday... I believe in the jrpg I was talking about, you use a blueish axe like this? Not all blue... but blueish.

In the first place I never thought of JRPG and action RPG as being in any way incompatible...

Maybe, but categorizing something as a JRPG and then comparing it to a final fantasy title is INCREDIBLY misleading if your game is more like Alundra, Zelda, or in this case Threads of Fate. Also, I think using the term jrpg at this point to describe a type of rpg is pretty outdated unless you're referring to an old style of rpg...I could be a little offbase here but I feel like I'm not the minority in this line of thinking...

In the first place I never thought of JRPG and action RPG as being in any way incompatible...

Maybe, but categorizing something as a JRPG and then comparing it to a final fantasy title is INCREDIBLY misleading if your game is more like Alundra, Zelda, or in this case Threads of Fate. Also, I think using the term jrpg at this point to describe a type of rpg is pretty outdated unless you're referring to an old style of rpg...I could be a little offbase here but I feel like I'm not the minority in this line of thinking...

In the first place I never thought of JRPG and action RPG as being in any way incompatible...

Maybe, but categorizing something as a JRPG and then comparing it to a final fantasy title is INCREDIBLY misleading if your game is more like Alundra, Zelda, or in this case Threads of Fate. Also, I think using the term jrpg at this point to describe a type of rpg is pretty outdated unless you're referring to an old style of rpg...I could be a little offbase here but I feel like I'm not the minority in this line of thinking...

As far as I am concerned JRPG v WRPG at this point is more of a story telling style difference thing these days than anything else. JRPG style RPGs have a specific main character with little to no choice in who the character is (basically occasional route choices at most). WRPG style RPGs have a customizable main character that is defined more by the player than in a JRPG style RPG. There is still some blending between the two styles occasionally, but this is generally how I view it. And I know all of you were wondering how I specifically viewed the distinction. :p